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Past Jihads, Citizenship and Regimes of Memory in Modern Spain

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The involvement of Western citizens in jihadist activities bears important epistemological consequences: presented as a clash of civilizations, Islamic terrorism brings to the fore the issue of civil war. This article, after underlining that both terrorism and holy wars have a long pedigree in Western history, traces the interplay of religious and political tropes and semantics in the origin of terrorism, in the West in general and in Spain in particular. Highlighting the overlap of traditional faithful/unfaithful cleavages into modern friend/enemy political dichotomies, it summarizes the history of modern Spain as a sequence of civil wars in which political and meta-political discourses and practices of exclusion evolved towards extermination solutions in the twentieth century. This account allows for a reflection on the crisis of the regime of memory established after Franco’s dictatorship in Spain.

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  • León, Pablo Sánchez, 2016. "Past Jihads, Citizenship and Regimes of Memory in Modern Spain," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(4), pages 535-557, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:eurrev:v:24:y:2016:i:04:p:535-557_00
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